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CKANE-KLIES OF HAZLETON, PA. 
coiisisls cliu'liy of Acer — youiif^ growtli — , Sainhiicus, Stnilax, 
Ixtihus, Lapixi, lyidois and PoljKjoniun. North-west of the Park 
is a very wet ])rush-swaini). The principal vegetation here con- 
sists of Alniis, ferns, etc. These two areas are directly 
npoii Ihc “lk)ttsvillc Conglomerate” series. 
2. A circnmscribed locality, less than one-half mile from the 
city limits, and situated on the east side of the highway in a 
northeiiy direction, and known as Fisher’s Hill. This is open 
woodland, the principal trees are oak, maple and some pines; 
of low('r gi'owth. Rhododendron, Sandmeus, Alnus and Sniilax. 
The lower and more swampy portion is overgrown with Poly- 
(jon.nni pcnti-sylvanicuni, and several interesting species were 
taken here, notably Dicranoniyia peUucidUjuttata. This area 
is also upon the “Pottsville Conglomerate.” 
North-west, and about six miles distant, is the Conyngham 
\’alley, an agricultural district, the floor of which is about six 
to ('ight hundred feet lower than the Hazleton plateau. To the 
south-east of this Valley, is Conyngham Mountain. At the 
foot, of the latter, and directly below the Hazleton Country Club 
llous(', is a small, veiy wet locality, surroundetl l)y meadow and 
field land. Here consideralde collecting was done. This area 
Tk'S upon tlu! lower series of the “ Mauch Chunk Red Shale. ” 
About six miles further up the Valley, in a north-easterly di- 
rc'ction, is St. Johns, a farming village, situated on the north- 
w('st side of the Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Railway. It is 
trav('rsed by the Nescopeck Creek — a stream of considerable 
siz(‘. Collecting luu'e was done chiefly in the swampy rc'gion to 
lli(' norf h-w('sf of tlu' Railway, in the woodland to the c'ast. of it, 
.•Hid along the banks of the creek. This arc'a is also u])()n the 
lower si'ries of the “ Mauch-Chuidv Hed Shale.” 
The species I’ccorded in th(' following list number 1()3, and 
I wenty of these ai-e desci-ibed here as lU'W. Tlu'y are disti'ibuted 
in threci families and thirty-eight genera. It is singular that 
some species, which wei'e common, or at least, of freipu’nt. oc- 
currence, dui’ing t lu' earlier years of my collecting, have become 
rare, or have not. been observed at all in later years. The I'everse 
is true of others. Tlu; number of crane-flies recoi’ded in tlu; 
Inst New Jersey list, 11)0!), is biS. .V comparison of the two 
lists lorccs the conclusion, that intensive' colU'ct ing, c've'ii in our 
I'laslern Stale's, will bring le» light many, as ye't unkneiwn, feirms. 
